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' PENCIL HOLDER.

Patented Jan. 15, 1884.

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BERNHARD EYBEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PENCIL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,998, dated January 15, 1884-.

Application filed October 4, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BERNHARD EYBEL, of the city, county,and State of New York, invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pencil-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the same, taken through the line 00 m, Fig. 2. Fig. at is a sectional plan view of the same, taken through the line 3/ 1 Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a sectional side elevation of the feed-die. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the pencil-tube. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of a pencil-lead.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the adjustment of the leads in pencil-holders, and promote simplicity in the construction of such holders.

The invention consists in a pencil-holder constructed with a case having its lower end slitted and its lower end edge bent inward to receive and hold a die having exterior groove and interior screw-thread to move the lead out and in, the lead being held from being turned by the die by an interior pencil tube having an angular bore, as will be hereinafter fully described.

The case A of the holder may be of any convenient length and thickness, and may be made of any suitable material. The upper end of the case A may be closed by a plug, B, of rubber, to serve as an eraser, or by a cap, a screw-plug, or other suitable means. The lower.end of the case A has longitudinal slits 0 formed in it, and has its edge bent inward slightly, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to enter an annular groove, D, in the middle part of the die E, to hold the said die in place, the slits 0 giving sufficient elasticity to the lower part of the case A to allow the die E to be readily inserted and removed. The upper part of the die E is made of such a size as to fit into the case A, and its upper end is rounded, so that it can be readily inserted in the case A. The lower part of the die E is tapered, and has a screw-thread, F, cut in its inner surface, as shown in Fig. 5. The inner have end of the perforation through the die E is flared, so that the lead G can be readily inserted in it. The lead G is made square or of other desired angular form, and fits into the correspondiugly-shaped interior of the penciltube H. The pencil-tube H has a circular flange, I, at each end, so formed as to fit into the interior of the case A so snugly that the said tube will not be turned by the pressure of the lead G when being operated upon by the die E. The pencil-tube H may be somewhat shorter than the case A, and should be an ranged with its forward end close to the inner end of the die E, so that the lead G will be firmly supported against breakage while being used. In supplying the pencil-holder with a lead the die E is detached, a suitable lead, G, is inserted in the die E from its inner end, and the said die is turned until the forward end of the said lead projects for av suitable distance, the screw-thread F cutting a screw-thread upon the angles of the said lead, and drawing it forward, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. The rear end of the lead G is then inserted in the pencil-tube H, and the inner end of the die E is pushed into the end of the ease. XVith this construction, by turn ing the die E in one direction, the lead G will be forced outward into the position for use,

and by turning the said die in the other direction the lead will be drawn inward, so that the pencil can be carried without danger of breaking the point off the lead.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A pencil-holder constructedsubstantially as herein shown and described, and consisting of the case A, having its lower end slitted and its end edge bent inward, the die E, having exterior groove, D, and interior screw thread, F, and the pencil-tube H, having angular interior, as set forth.

2. In a pencil-holder, the case A, made substantially as herein shown and described,with its lower end slitted, and the slitted ends turned inward, to adapt it to receive a die and hold itby friction, as set forth.

3. In a pencil-holder, the die E, made subpencil-tube H, having angular interior, sub- 10 stantially as herein shown and described, with stantially as herein shown and described, and exterior groove, D, and interior screw-thread, a case or holder,whereby the lead will be held F, to adapt it to be held in place by friction from turning while being moved in and out by 5 and to cut a screw-thread upon an angular the said die, asset forth.

lead, in combination with a suitable case or BERNHARD EYBEL. holder, as set forth. Witnesses:

4. In a pencil-holder the oombinationpvith VVM. VVAGNER, the die E, having interior screw-thread, of the OTTO WINTER. 

